Responsibility of Government?

Citrus County Chronicle - Coyote Menace.

The Citrus County Chronicle is disappointed that the government isn’t taking action to eliminate a “Coyote Menace” in rural Pine Ridge. Their reasoning is that "public safety is the principal responsibility of government". I’m appalled at the opinion of the Chronicle, that people taking responsibility for themselves “should set off public safety alarm bells because it is fraught with the potential for harm.”

When and where did public safety get to be the principal responsibility of government?

Our state constitution preamble:
We, the people of the State of Florida, being grateful to Almighty God for our constitutional liberty, in order to secure its benefits, perfect our government, insure domestic tranquility, maintain public order, and guarantee equal civil and political rights to all, do ordain and establish this constitution.

I don't see anything in the state constitution that says the government is responsible for our safety from wild animals; securing our liberty and freedoms - yes, our safety - no.

From the FWC's mission is "Managing fish and wildlife resources for their long-term well-being and the benefit of people."

Nothing in the FWC's mission statement says it's supposed to keep people or their pets safe from wildlife?

From the Citrus County Animal Services web page; "The primary mission of the Animal Services is to educate the public about responsible pet ownership and to enforce the Animal Services Ordinance, while providing shelter for impounded animals."

Nothing in Citrus County's Animal Services has anything to do with wildlife.

Our laws secure the liberty and freedom so that the residents are free to protect themselves using Bow, Gun, or Snare. The US Supreme court has repeatedly found that the government is not responsible to protect individual citizens.

This is a rural county, with thousands and thousands of acres of forest. The citizens of Pine Ridge chose to live in a forest. Forests have wild animals including coyotes. So taking care of the coyote problem in Pine Ridge should be something that the individual citizens of Pine Ridge are responsible for, not the citizens of the state, nor the citizens of Citrus County who don't live in Pine Ridge. Why should people who didn’t choose to live in a forest with wildlife, have the responsibility of protecting the people who did from that wildlife. You don’t read about the citizens living in Naches Washington, Basalt Colorado, or Medicine Bowl Wyoming, calling on the government to protect them from bears, wolves, coyotes, or mountain lions.

The people of Pine Ridge need to learn to live with the wildlife, take care of the problem themselves, or move to where there isn’t a wildlife problem. It is not the responsibility of the government to insure the safety of people who choose to live with wildlife.